Those mothers around the world who are concerned with the health of their children and strive to give them foods that lower their risk at further diet-related illnesses have now been warned that some of these products are not as beneficial as they're cracked up to be, as cereal bars' sugar levels are incredibly high.
While the world is concerned with the obesity epidemic, as it'll often begin during childhood and create further health issues for many, the revelation of cereal bars' sugar levels have a good portion of the population concerned over what else is it that big companies claim to be healthy when in fact it's not the case.
According to The Daily Mail, the new concerns about cereal bars' sugar levels come from a research by consumer watchdog Which? after they found that some of these bars, which are advertised as being healthy and even a good option for children's meals, can actually contain more than 40 percent of sugar.
The Independent reports that Which? published their cereal bars sugar research during World Consumer Rights Day, as they spoke about the traffic light nutrition labeling system from the United Kingdom, in which foods can be shown as either green (safe), yellow (to consume with caution) and red (potentially dangerous upon consumption due to health risks).
Which? said that, due to the high levels of cereal bars sugar, they should be categorized as such for the benefit of consumers, adding a warning about how some of these can have incredibly high levels of sugar.
According to The Mirror, the consumer watchdog researched into 15 different of these bars directed at children. They found that the most serious offender on the matter was Kellogg's Coco Pops Snack Bar, which contained an astounding 42 percent sugar; other heavily-sweetened sugar bars by Kellogg's included Rice Krispies, Special K Red Berry and Nutri-Grain Fruity Breakfast, as they were all in the top five with the most sugar.
In the midst of the cereal bars sugar controversy, Kellogg's has spoken out to say that they clearly label all of their products, stating that there's less than two teaspoons of sugar in Coco Pops.
